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§4552 Certificates to pay rolls of employees of House

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › Part Part B— - Administration › § 4552

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each month the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer must certify their payrolls. They must say whether each person listed who works in their department was actually at work and did the paid duties; if not, they must give the reason.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §4552

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The Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, and Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall make certificate each month to their respective pay rolls, stating whether the persons named in such pay rolls and employed in their respective departments have been actually present at their respective places of duty and have actually performed the services for which compensation is provided in said pay rolls, and in each case where a person carried on such pay roll has been absent and has not performed the services in whole or in part for which payment is proposed, the reason for such absence and for such nonperformance of services shall be stated.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 89 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “and Chief Administrative Officer” for “Doorkeeper, and Postmaster”.

Reference

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 4552

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73